Why does Continuous Improvement Seize to become Continuous? That question had been on my mind for about a decade now. During de 4th European Lean Educators Conference I shared the insights I got sofar. Lack of direction and ambition seems to be at the heart of the problem. Countermeasure suggestion included.

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Is there a Path to Purpose?
Emiel van Est
November 8th 2017
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First attempt to understand
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Why does Continuous
Improvement Seize to
become Continuous?
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TOOLS SKILLS

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Understand the
Direction
Grasp the
Current
Condition
Establish
Target
Condition
Experiment
towards Target
Condition
Target
Condition
HT
DT
?!
Coaching
Cycles
Story
Board
5V
? !
ImprovementKataCoachingKata
Sense of Direction
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TOOLS SKILLS SPIRIT

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The company we
admire so much is
taking dreams very
seriously!
What about us?

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Root Cause
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5x
WHY?
Personal
Root Cause
Root Cause
Problem

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Root Cause
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5x
WHY?
Root Cause
Organisation?
Root Cause
Problem

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Understand the
Direction
Grasp the
Current
Condition
Establish
Target
Condition
Experiment
towards Target
Condition
Target
Condition
HT
DT
?!
Coaching
Cycles
Story
Board
5V
? !
ImprovementKataCoachingKata
Sense of Direction
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Building block of an organization
Teach
Coaching Kata
Improve
Improvement Kata
Improver
(Employee)
Coach
(Manager)
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Chain of Stories
Coach
(Manager)
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Improver
(Team leader)
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Improver
(Team leader)

Improver
(Team leader)
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Coach
(Manager)

Improver
(Team leader)

Team Team Team Team
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2nd Coach
(Manager)
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Chain of Stories
2nd Coach
(Manager)
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Coach
(Manager)
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Improver
(Team leader)
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Improver
(Team leader)
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Improver
(Team leader)
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Coach
(Manager)

Improver
(Team leader)
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Team Team Team Team
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WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?

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2nd Coach
(Manager)
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Coach
(Manager)

Improver
(Team leader)
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Improver
(Team leader)

Improver
(Team leader)

Coach
(Manager)

Improver
(Team leader)

Team Team Team Team
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WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?

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My Personal Path
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Why does Continuous
Improvement Seize to
become Continuous?
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A Better World
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We form a long-term vision, meeting challenges
with courage and creativity to realize our dreams.
 Today
We improve our business operations continuously,
always driving for innovation and evolution.
We practice genchi genbutsu... go to the source to
find the facts to make correct decisions, build
consensus and achieve goals at our best speed.
We respect others, make every effort to understand
each other, take responsibility and do our best to
build mutual trust.
We stimulate personal and professional growth,
share the opportunities of development and
maximize individual and team performance.
Leadership
(Self)
Management
Adapted from The Toyota Way 2001

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Use this on a Global Scale?
Coach
(Manager)
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Improver
(Team leader)

Improver
(Team leader)

Improver
(Team leader)

Coach
(Manager)

Improver
(Team leader)
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Team Team Team Team
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2nd Coach
(Manager)
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A Better World  Today
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We form a long-term vision,
meeting challenges with courage
and creativity to realize our dreams.

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A Better World  Today
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You are invited to join on

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See you soon in
A Better World!
Today?
http://abetterworld.today
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